Each school will play the other six schools in its division plus two teams from the other division in 2014 and 2015, which will serve as transitional years in which the schools will still be playing eight-game schedules. Beginning in 2016, each school will play three teams from the other division as part of its nine-game schedule. The cross-division games will include one protected matchup on an annual basis between Indiana and Purdue.

On the scheduling, the nine-game conference slate will begin in 2016.

During even-numbered years, teams in the East will host five conference home games while the West squads will host five conference home games in the odd-numbered years.

The change brings back a nine-game conference slate for the first time since the 1983 and 1984 seasons.

During the 2014 and 2015 seasons, teams will play each of the other six schools in their division plus two teams from the other division.

West is not as weak as you think it is. Iowa has had Michigan State's number in recent years, Nebraska and Wisconsin have each had success recently, and Northwestern's on the rise. Minnesota and Purdue are trying to fit in and Illinois won't be a bottom-feeder for very long.

The offseason begins when your season ends. Even then there are no days off.

I likes it, YEP! If Lord Delany gets two more eastern members, just kick IU and Sparty to the West, and we will hardly have to ever play most of those old Big Ten teams, ecept for The Girls of Whoreville. GO BUCKS!

If B1G adds more teams, needs to be football schools like Oklahoma and Oklahoma St. Even though population base significantly smaller, they tune in and support CFB, have deep traditions and are rabid fan bases. Even step outside box and go after Florida St.
B1G network may be included in all those east coast cable packages, but question the number of viewers they'll actually have tune in.

Viewers don't matter (beyond enough to get people pissed if it's not on their cable package). Cable subscribers matter, because everyone pays for the channel, only if a few watch it. You'd almost prefer an area like NYC where a substantial but small % of people are interested, where everyone gets charged the big fee for having B1G (even if they never turn on the channel) than Oklahoma, where everyone will care but that's not a huge number.
There's zero reason to add mediocre schools like Oklahoma and Oklahoma State to suck away money from the pie. The pie needs to grow, not shrink. That basically comes down to GT, NC, Virginia, Texas, Notre Dame.

I like it. The only thing that is kind of a bummer is that we won't have the chance to beat the team up North twice in the same year. Would have loved to have beaten them during the regular season then again in the B1G Championship game.

Do you think they loaded the East to make the strength of schedule better for OSU, TTUN, and in the future Penn State to play in the NC? If we play all those teams in the East I believe our strength of schedule would be quite better than if we were in the West.